Keep A Sketchbook And Have Fun
A sketchbook is like diary for an artist, a place where you can
just let out all your art without any worries. Any person who
wants to get better at drawing should have a sketchbook, because
it not only records your ideas, thoughts and experimentations,
but a sketchbook also gets you drawing and drawing, building
your skills with every moment. You will see that the quality of
your sketchbooks will be better and better, and what at first
was dull then will become almost a work of art for itself.
In a sketchbook you can do anything you want, although some
artist prefer to have sketchbooks based on themes. For example
you could have a sketchbook only in human anatomy, and another
just a "test sketchbook" where you try any kind of ideas that
comes to your mind. And remember that sometimes is not all
drawing on your sketchbook, you can write some ideas too, you
thoughts, all this is valuable when years pass and you can have
a better perspective of how your art has evolved.
What can you draw? That is up to you, but I know sometimes is
hard to just start drawing. And this trivial things often end up
taking more time than they are supposed to. Luckily, there are
websites and books where you can get some ideas on what you can
draw in your sketchbook.
About techniques, don't hold back. This is personally what I
like most about sketchbooks. Since sketchbooks are personal, not
meant for the public to view, you can experiment as much as you
like. That applies to style, medium, composition. This way you
can truly discover what can be done to make your art better.
Just go wild would be the better advice.
Consider your first sketchbook as a beginning of a journey, just
imagine all the things you will learn on your way, through a
road that is full of surprises. Let freedom and creativity be on
your sketchbook and have a lot of fun!